Start with what the Subaru VIZIV is: a 3-door SUV with 2.0-liter four-cylinder boxer turbocharged diesel, built from 2013, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. What it meant takes a little longer.
The story
The Subaru VIZIV is a series of hybrid concept sports SUVs designed and built by Subaru, the first of which was unveiled at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show.
The VIZIV series included several signature Subaru design features, such as the use of horizontally-opposed engines and all-wheel drive, and built on prior Subaru hybrid concepts such as the B9SC, B5-TPH, and Hybrid Tourer by using a three-motor layout. Since 2016, the VIZIV concept cars have previewed styling for upcoming production automobiles, and the hybrid powertrain has been dropped in favor of a conventional gasoline engine and all-wheel-drive.
What is underneath
The engine is 2.0-liter four-cylinder boxer turbocharged diesel. Drive goes through a lineartronic CVT. The wheelbase is 2640 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
In the Subaru line-up the Subaru VIZIV has a clear place: it replaced the Hybrid Tourer; it handed the line to the VIZIV 2. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Infiniti Q50, the Tesla Model X, the Peugeot 208. Nearby in the Subaru catalogue sit the Subaru Chiffon and the Subaru Lucra.
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